IV ' ADVERTISEMENT. 



by Cope and Scamraon ; also numerous i-epresentations of the iliffereot individuals 

 of the Common Finback and the Sulphurbottom, from photogi'aphs taken by the 

 author at the Newfoundland whaling stations. The latter are of special value for 

 the study of individual variation in these huge animals. 



In accordance with the rule of the Institution this paper has been referred to 

 a committee consisting of Doctor Theodore Gill, Associate in Zoology, United 

 States National Museum, Doctor J. A. Allen, Curator of Mammalogy in the 

 American Museum of Natural History, New York, and Doctor Leonhard Stejueger, 

 Curator in the Department of Biology, United States National Museum. 



S. p. LANGLEY, 



SECRETARY. 



Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington, D. C, June, 1904. 



